CEO Roundtable Series - March

Overview

Burning natural gas produces less greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) than burning coal and crude oil. For this reason, natural gas is considered the cleanest fossil fuel. However, the principal component of natural gas, methane, is a potent greenhouse gas.

Although short-lived in the atmosphere, methane contributes more than ten per cent to the overall anthropogenic emissions thus reducing methane emissions is considered one of the low-hanging fruits of climate change mitigation.

At this CEO Roundtable, international experts would share insights on recent and ongoing developments on the reduction of methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. The moderated discussion, would cover, but not limited to, the following aspects:

A standardized approach to monitoring, measuring, and reporting of methane emissions from the gas industry.

Mitigation of methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, as an effective strategy for contributing to global effort to deliver on the Paris Agreement and to attain a number of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Harnessing the opportunities to improve efficiency in the gas supply chain from source to use.

Identifying and engaging the entire stock of knowledge available globally to achieve the economic benefits of good mitigation strategy for methane emissions.